跟讀練習: Can a Hamster Survive in the Wild? - 通過影片學習英語口語
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This is my pet hamster, Karen, who is about to enter the wild.
這是我的寵物倉鼠凱倫，它馬上就要去野外生活了。
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The only catch? She's lived her entire life in a pet store, so I'll be putting her survival skills to the test.
唯一的問題是什麼呢？她從小到大一直生活在寵物店裡，所以我得好好測試一下她的生存技能。
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Will she be able to live a normal life?
她能過上正常的生活嗎？
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Well, she turned out to be anything but normal by the end of this video.
結果到這個影片的結尾，她一點也不普通。
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I promise you will never see hamsters the same way again.
我保證你以後再也不會用以前的眼光看待倉鼠了。
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Starting with Karen. Come on, we have to get her.
先從凱倫開始。走吧，我們得找到她。
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So I bought everything the pet store recommended, and apparently this is the ideal hamster setup.
所以我買了寵物店推薦的所有東西，顯然這就是理想的倉鼠飼養配置。
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All I have to do now is add in the bedding, food, water, and tiny purple house.
現在我要做的就是把墊料、食物、水和那個紫色小房子放進去。
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But I have much bigger plans in mind. Now.
但我心裡有更宏大的計劃。現在。
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Karen here is a Russian hamster.
凱倫是一隻俄羅斯倉鼠。
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I've never been to Russia before, but I don't think it looks like this.
我以前從沒去過俄羅斯，但我覺得它看起來不像是這樣的。
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At all. Come here, little one.
一點也不。過來，小傢伙。
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Ouch. I definitely cannot show that on YouTube.
哎喲。我絕對不能在YouTube上展示那個。
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Tube, so I thought it would be best to give her some alone time.
Tube，我覺得最好還是給她一些獨處的時間。
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She spent the entire night trying to escape.
她整晚都在試圖逃跑。
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Now she's chewing on the bars.
現在她正在啃咬欄杆。
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A terrible sign of stress.
這是壓力過大的一個可怕徵兆。
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I was told this is the ideal hamster setup.
有人告訴我這是理想的倉鼠飼養環境。
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Not anymore. I got a brand new tank, replaced her bedding with real soil, replaced her plastic house with a real log, and replaced her fake plant with some real ones. Since Karen is completely untamed, I thought the perfect home would be her natural habitat.
現在不一樣了。我換了個全新的飼養箱，把墊料換成了天然土壤，塑膠窩換成了真正的木頭，假植物也換成了幾株真的。因為凱倫完全沒有被馴化過，我覺得最適合它的家就是它的自然棲息地。
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But as much as I want to, I can't just drop her in here.
但儘管我很想這麼做，我也不能就這麼把她丟在這裡。
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She's been raised her whole life in a pet store, on artificial food, in an artificial home.
它從小就在寵物店長大，吃的是人工飼料，住的是人工搭建的窩。
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Will she know how to dig?
她會知道怎麼挖嗎？
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How to forage, how to hunt?
如何採集野菜，如何狩獵？
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I don't know, but we're about to find out.
我也不知道，但我們馬上就能知道了。
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Well, to ease her into this new home, I built a four part obstacle course to test her survival skills. And her first obstacle will test her ability to dig.
為了讓它慢慢適應新家，我搭建了一個由四部分組成的障礙訓練場，來測試它的生存技能。它的第一個障礙將考驗它的挖掘能力。
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If she can tunnel from the top tube down to the bottom, then I'm confident she can burrow like her ancestors.
如果她能從車架上管打通到下管，那我相信她就能像她的祖先那樣挖洞了。
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Now, her next challenge will test her ability to forge.
現在，她的下一個挑戰將考驗她的鍛造技藝。
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She's eating processed food all her life, so I want to know if she can find and crack open seeds. And if she can do this, then I hope she can pass the next challenge.
她一輩子都在吃加工食品，所以我想知道她能不能找到並敲開種子。如果她能做到這一點，那我希望她能通過下一個挑戰。
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Her only task is to press a button to turn on a light.
她唯一的任務就是按下一個按鈕開啟一盞燈。
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The catch is the button is buried under a pile of dirt.
問題是那個按鈕被埋在一堆泥土下面。
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Will she be able to find it?
她能找到它嗎？
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Well, I hope so, because her final challenge is the most controversial so far.
嗯，我希望如此，因為她的最後一項挑戰是迄今為止最具爭議的。
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It will test her ability to hunt.
這將考驗她的捕獵能力。
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So if she can find and kill a cockroach, then I'm confident she can not only survive but thrive in her new home.
所以要是她能找到並打死一隻蟑螂，那我就有信心她在新家裡不僅能活下去，還能過得很好。
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Now we just have to let her in.
現在我們只需要讓她進來。
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And as she enters the first challenge, she takes in all the new smells.
當她進入第一個挑戰環節時，她聞到了各種新奇的氣味。
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Her instincts tell her to dig.
她的直覺告訴她要深挖下去。
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This is crazy because she's only ever dug in paper before.
這太不可思議了，因為她以前只在紙上挖過洞。
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I can't imagine what she'll create in her new home.
我簡直無法想像她會在新家裡創造出什麼樣的作品。
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Oh, there she goes. She's nearly there.
哦，她開始了。她就快到了。
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But digging is a messy job, so she takes regular breaks to clean herself.
但挖洞是件髒活，所以她會定期停下來清理自己。
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Every last piece of dirt must be removed.
每一粒汙垢都必須徹底清除。
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All clean and ready to go.
全部清理完畢，準備就緒。
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Come on. Maybe two inches away.
過來，大概就差兩英寸了。
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I may have underestimated her.
我可能低估了她。
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And she's already off to the next challenge.
而她已經開始迎接下一個挑戰了。
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The maze. She can clearly smell something, but is not sure if it is food. But after taking a closer look, she takes the whole thing with her.
迷宮裡。她分明聞到了某種氣味，但不確定那是不是食物。不過湊近看了一眼後，她還是把那東西整個帶走了。
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Well, she's not eating them like I hoped.
唉，她並沒有像我希望的那樣吃它們。
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Instead, she picks apart the seeds and stuffs them in her cheek for later.
相反，她把種子剝出來，塞到自己的頰囊裡留著以後吃。
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Oh, now she's going back for more.
哦，她現在又回去拿更多了。
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And apparently she's not full.
而且看樣子她還沒吃飽。
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Into the sunflower bin she goes.
她鑽進了向日葵收納箱裡。
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Her mouth is like a mini vacuum.
她的嘴就像一個小型吸塵器。
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And in under a minute all the seeds were gone.
不到一分鐘，所有的種子都被吃光了。
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Now she left. Made her way all the way back to the beginning.
現在她離開了，一路走回了起點。
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Where she went underground.
她轉入地下活動的地方。
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Her storage chamber. Where she turns her cheeks inside out to empty her mouth.
她的儲存腔。她會把頰部翻出來，清空口腔裡的東西。
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That pink skin is her cheek pouch that is full of seeds.
那片粉紅色的皮膚是它裝滿了種子的頰囊。
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This is rarely ever seen.
這種情況極為罕見。
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Good news. We'll never have to see that again.
好訊息。我們再也不用看到那種情況了。
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Now time to head back where she will face the next obstacle.
現在該回去了，她將在那裡面對下一個障礙。
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This one is a little more complicated.
這個要稍微複雜一點。
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She jumps onto the top.
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And remember, there is a hidden red button that she must find.
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The button smells like her favorite food.
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But can she dig it up?
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Oh, she smells it. Come on.
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So close. There it is.
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Just press it. Not hard enough.
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Just a little more. Bingo!
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And now, on to the final obstacle.
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The most controversial of them all.
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She must learn to hunt.
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One cockroach and one hamster.
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But who would make the first move?
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She begins to close in until they stand face to face.
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What the. And she went straight for the head. Imagine what she's going to do in her new home.
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Well, now, with a full stomach, she begins to make her way there.
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Her life is about to change forever.
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And as she makes her way through, she pauses.
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She's never seen a plant before.
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These are her first steps into a very unfamiliar world.
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She now has the chance to make it her own.
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But then, as fast as she entered, she left and ran all the way back through the maze. Through the tube, through the dirt, back to the beginning, just to run on her wheel.
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Will she prefer an artificial life or a real one?
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I'll give her seven days.
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Seven days to decide. But over the first two she did nothing but pace around her cage.
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So I placed in lichen, pine cones and leaves to further resemble her natural habitat. But it wouldn't be the wild without worms.
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Oh, she can smell them.
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They have to make their way underground before she gets here.
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They race for safety and she races for a meal.
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But she might be too late.
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Or maybe not, because she can dig faster than the worm.
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And then uses her teeth to do the rest.
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I get the feeling that hamsters should not be a household pet.
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While she's already here, I sprinkle in some seeds and from there I left her for three whole days.
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And when I returned, she was not in the cage.
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In the maze or the ecosystem?
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Or so I thought. She built a sanctuary underground.
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Was she finally at home?
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Well, every night she would leave her burrow because she was on a mission.
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She would run from the ecosystem all the way back to her cage to run on her wheel.
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While I believe so much we're told about hamsters is wrong.
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There is one thing we got right.
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Check out this video for more and I'll see you in the next one.
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上下文與背景
在這段影片中，講述者展示了他的小寵物倉鼠Karen即將進入野外。倉鼠Karen在寵物店過著人工飼養的生活，因此講述者決定測試她的生存技能，看看她是否能夠適應和生活在自然環境中。過程不僅充滿了挑戰，也展示了倉鼠可能展現出的自然本能。這段影片不僅讓我們瞭解到倉鼠的生活習性，還可以幫助英語學習者通過實際對話練習提高英語口語。
日常交流的五個常用短語
- “我買了所有寵物店推薦的東西” - 表達購買與經驗分享。
- “她整晚都在嘗試逃跑” - 描述倉鼠的行為與情感狀態。
- “我們需要把她放在真實的棲息地” - 提及環境的變化及其影響。
- “她能否找到按鈕” - 提出問題引導注意力。
- “這將是她最大的挑戰” - 強調未來的困難與重要性。
逐步影子跟讀指南
為了幫助你改善英語發音和口語能力，我們可以使用本影片中的對話進行英語影子跟讀練習。以下是具體步驟：
- 首先，觀看影片並注意講述者的語調和語速。理解內容後，再嘗試進行跟讀。
- 選擇上述五個常用短語作為練習的開端。反覆聽，並跟隨講述者的發音。
- 在跟讀時，確保模仿講述者的語調和情感表達，例如在描述倉鼠逃跑時，注意語氣的急促與緊張感。
- 利用暫停功能，逐句重複講述者的聲音，這樣能幫助你更好地掌握髮音技巧。
- 最後，與朋友或夥伴進行對話練習，使用學習到的短語進行交流，從而鞏固記憶並提高口語表達能力。
通過這樣的英語影子跟讀練習，你可以在輕鬆的情境中提高英語口語能力，增強自信心，同時也能更好地理解和應用環境相關的詞彙。
影片中的語法
說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：
| 結構 | 影片中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的 | was told · been raised · is buried |
| 現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事 | I've never been · She's been raised |
什麼是跟讀法？
跟讀法 (Shadowing) 是一種有科學依據的語言學習技巧，最初開發用於專業口譯員的培訓，並由多語言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。這個方法簡單而強大：您在聽英語母語原聲的同時立即大聲重複——就像是一個延遲1-2秒緊跟說話者的影子。與被動聽力或語法練習不同，跟讀法強迫您的大腦和口腔肌肉同時處理並模模擬實的講話模式。研究表明它能顯著提高發音準確性，語調，節奏，連讀，聽力理解和口語流利度——使其成為雅思口語備考和真實英語交流最有效的方法之一。